Detachable vehicle glare shield

ABSTRACT

A glare shield for detachable mounting to a vehicle sun visor, vertically disposed, as a downward extension thereof, comprising a body of glare reducing sheet material and a separately constructed clip device having opposing arms for engaging the sun visor, a connecting member between the lower end of each arm, a groove in the lower end of one of said arms extending transversely across its width adapted to receive and hold said body as a downward extension of the sun visor, and a raised portion on the outside surface of either arm for gripping the device, said connecting member and attached arms having a minimal downward extent below the lever edge of the sun visor so as not to create distracting images.

United States Patent [151 3,697,125 Van Sickle [451' Oct. 10, 1972 [s41DETACHABLE VEHICLE GLARE Primary Examiner-Arthur L. La Point 7 SHIELDInventor: John Van Sickle, 1841 Billington Road, East Aurora, NY. 14052Filed: Nov. 12, 1969 Appl. No.: 875,929

u.s. Cl ..296/97 o, 24/81 B Int. Cl. ..B60j 3/00 Field of Search..296/97 (3, 97 R, 97 F;

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Lazan, Jr. ..248/37.6 Williams160/212 Wheeler ..296/97 Assistant Examiner-Robert Saifer [57] ABSTRACTA glare shield for detachable mounting to a vehicle sun visor,.vertically disposed, as a downward extension thereof, comprising a bodyof glare reducing sheet material and a separately constructed clipdevice having opposing arms for engaging the sun visor, a connectingmember between the lower end of each arm, a groove in the lower end ofone of said arms eittending transversely across its width adapted toreceive and hold said body as a downward extension of the sun visor, anda raised portion on the outside surface of either arm for gripping thedevice, said connecting member and attached arms having a minimaldownward extent below the lever edge of the sun visor so as not tocreate distracting images.

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1 DETACHABLE VEHICLE GLARE SHIELD BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Thisinvention relates to a vehicle glare shield for reducing the glareencountered in driving, and more particularly to a glare shieldcombining a sheet of glare reducing material with a separatelyconstructed clip device for detachably mounting the sheet to a vehiclesun visor, vertically disposed, as a downward extension thereof in amanner to produce minimal visual distraction from the device.

Under the prior art, as disclosed in applicants U.S. Pat. No. 3,l95,946,the clip is an integral part of the shield and comprises a first arm,which is part of the body of the shield, a connecting member extendingoutwardly from the body of the shield and a second arm extending fromthe connecting member in opposition to the first arm. The glare reducingsheet is mounted against the sun visor, disposed in a vertical position,by fitting the clip over the lower edge of the sun visor so that theconnecting member presses snugly against the lower edge of the sunvisor. The connecting member and the portion of the second arm attachedthereto create distracting images as seen by either eye of the operatorof the vehicle while looking through the shield. Applicants pendingapplication Ser; No. 657,550 now US. Pat. No. 3,513,427 disclosesmethods of constructing the connecting member and portion of the secondarm attached thereto (together referred to therein as the abutmentmember) in a manner to reduce the distraction caused by the separate andspaced images of the so-called abutment member as seen by each eye ofthe operator while looking through the. body of the shield at a distantobject ahead. The approach is one of coexisting with the inevitableimages by controlling their shape and location. In contrast, the presentinvention provides a method of construction which permits a reduction inthe vertical extent of the images to the point they become minimal andunnoticeable. It also provides other advantages, as will be seen below.

The body of the shield is best made of a sheet of transparent glarereducing plastic material. Under the prior art the connecting member,because it extends outwardly from the body of the shield itself, musteither be molded or cast with the body of the shield as a unit, as, forexample, by injection molding, or else cemented to the body of theshield. In the first case the connecting member will be composed of thesame plastic material as the body of the shield. in the second case, itmust be composed of the same or a similar plastic material which willdissolve and fuse with the plastic body in order to provide a bond ofsufficient strength.

A plastic connecting member, it has been found, in

necting member thereby makes possible a reduction in the downwardprotr'usion so as to effectively reduce this type of distraction.

The present invention also overcomes other serious disadvantagesencountered under the prior art. If the shield were to be molded or castin one piece, such as by injection molding, it would be difficult if notimpossible to obtain in the body of the shield the importantoptical'qualities of clear transparency and lack of distortion to thedegree that they are obtainable in a sheet of separately manufacturedplastic plate, such as Plexiglas. Further, it would be impossible bythis method to make a shield of polarized material, which material isespecially effective in a day shield against road glare. Polarizedmaterial, however, is available in sheet form and may be readily usedfor the body of the shield with the present invention.

In the alternative, if the connecting member were to be cemented to apiece of separately manufactured material, other serious problems wouldbe encountered. First, the joint would be a place of potential weakness.Second, cementing plastic material is a tricky process apt to result invoids in the cemented area, bubbles at the edges, and overruns of cementto other areas, leaving distracting marks and blemishes. In short,cementing is a difficult and time consuming process not suited forcommercial production. The present invention eliminates the need forcementing the connecting member to the body of the shield, and permitsthe use of separately manufactured material for the body of the shieldin a method of manufacture suitable for commercial production.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In summary, the glare shield of the presentinvention involves the combination of a sheet of glare reducing materialwith a separately constructed clip device, preferably made of metal andcapable of being extruded, such device having in combination (i)opposing arms for engaging and frictionally gripping the lower part of avehicle sun visor disposed in a vertical position, (ii) a connectingmember between the lower end of each arm, such member and the ends ofthe arms attached thereto, when the shield is attached to the sun visorso disposed, having a minimal vertical extent so as not to createdistracting images of the clip device below the lower edge of the sunvisor as seen by each eye of the operator of the vehicle, (iii) meansfor attaching said sheet to said clip device as a downward extension ofthe sun visor, preferably in the form of a groove in the lower end ofone of said arms extending transversely across its width adapted toreceive and hold said sheet as a downward extension of the sun visor,into which groove said sheet, constituting the body of the shield, isinserted and held, and (iv) a raised portion on the outside surface ofeither arm for gripping the device, preferably in the form of a flangedarea running transversely along the outer surface of the arm, suchraised portion being sufficiently near the juncture of the arm with theconnecting member so as to provide a means for gripping the device,while attaching or detaching the shield, without creating resistance bypinching the sun visor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an elevational view showinga glare shield of the present invention attached to a vehicle sun visor;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken along the plane of sectionline 2-2 in FIG. 1 showing the construction of the clip device adaptedfor use with the conventional padded automobile sun visor;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip device as shown inFIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a variation of the construction shown in FIG. 2 adapted foruse with an unpadded visor;

FIG. 5 is a variation of the construction shown in FIG. 2 to show arounding of the lower part of the clip device; and

FIG. 6 is a variation of the construction shown in FIG. 4 to show arounding of the lower part of the clip device.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIG. 1, thereference numeral 10 indicates in general a vehicle sun visor, such asis standard equipment on automobiles. As is conventional, the main body12 of the sun visor 10 is provided with mounting members 14 and 16 bymeans of which the sun visor 10 is pivotally attached to the inside ofthe vehicle for movement between an out-of-the-way position and asubstantially dependent position transverse to the direction of thevehicle. The sun visor 10 has a generally horizontal lower edge 17.

The glare shield attachment is indicated generally by the referencecharacter 18 in FIG. 1 and includes a main body portion 20, consistingof a sheet of glare reducing material, and a clip device 22, inaccordance with the present invention. The body portion 20 preferably isrectangular in shape and extends transversely, in normal position, belowthe visor with its upper portion overlapping the lower part of the body12 of the visor. The clip device 22 permits the shield to be positionedon the visor, as a downward extension thereof, at the most convenientlocation for the operator, and to be tilted if desired.

As more clearly seen in FIGS. 2 and 4, the clip device 22 comprisesopposing arms 24 and 26 between the lower end of each of which arms is aconnecting member 28. In FIG. 2 the arms 24 and 26 are divided intoportions designated a, b and c as more fully described below. The arms24 and 26 at their upper portions are spaced slightly less than thenormal thickness of the body 12 of the sun visor, over which they areplaced from below and which they frictionally engage to hold the shieldin position. The arms 24 and 26 may be designed to follow, generally,the contour of the sun visor. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the connectingmember 28 and the portions of the opposing arms 24 and 26 attachedthereto may be rounded to follow the shape of the lower edge 17 of thesun visor and form a groove to fit over such lower edge.

Best shown in FIG. 3 are walls 30 in the lower end of the arm 26defining a groove which extends transversely across the width of thearm. As used herein the width of an arm is its transverse extent inrelation to the direction of the vehicle. The groove is adapted toreceive and hold the main body portion 20 of the glare shield, intowhich groove such main portion is inserted and held as a downwardextension of the sun visor, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. The use of asuitable adhesive will assist in holding the body of the shield in thegroove. The walls 30, in effect, form a channel along the lower outerside of the arm 26 with the channel opening facing downward, into whichchannel the main body portion 20 of the glare shield is inserted andheld as a downward extension of the sun visor, as aforesaid. While thegroove or channel above described is a preferred means for attaching thebody of the shield to the clip device, as aforesaid, other means forattachment, such as an adhesive or bond, may be utilized.

On the lower outer surface of each of the arms 24 and 26 are raisedportions 32 and 34, respectively, in the preferred form of a flangeextending transversely across the width of the arm, as shown in FIG. 3.Such raised portions provide a means for the operator to grip the shieldwhile attaching it to, or removing it from, the main body 12 of the sunvisor 10 and are placed near enough the juncture of the arms 24 and 26with the connecting member 28 so that the attaching or removal of theshield will not be impeded by an increase of resistance thereto createdby such arms pinching the body 12 of the sun visor. In FIGS. 4 and 6 theouter wall of the channel formed by the walls 30 serves as the raisedportion 34. Because of the firm grip by the opposing arms 24 and 26 onthe body 12 of the visor required to hold the shield in a desired fixedposition on the visor, the raised portions are needed to prevent thefingers of the operator from slipping along the outer surface of theopposing arms when attaching or detaching the shield. It is importantthat the shield be gripped by the clip rather than by the body 20 of theshield because to grip the shield by the body 20 would leave fingerprints which would tend to impair the clear transparency of the shieldand, in addition, to pull on the body of the shield in attempting toremove the shield from the sun visor would tend to remove the body ofthe shield from the groove in the clip device.

The construction of the arms 24 and 26 in FIGS. 2 and 5 shows a firststage of separation at the lower end of said arms adjacent theconnecting member 28 represented by the generally parallel portions 24aand 26a, the distance separating the portions 24a and 26a being slightlygreater than the thickness of the bead 35 at the lower edge of the sunvisor, and the vertical extent of the portions 24a and 26a beingslightly less than the vertical extent of the head 35. The portions 24aand 26a together with the connecting member 28 form a groove which fitsover the bead 35 so that the shield is guided and kept in a verticalposition by the bead.

The construction in FIGS. 2 and 5 further shows a second stage ofseparation of the arms 24 and 26 represented by the generally parallelportions 24b and 26b. These portions are joined to the portions 24a and26a by the intermediate portions 24c and 260 of the arms 24 and 26. Thedistance separating the portions 24b and 26b is slightly less than thethickness of the main body 12 of the sun visor so that the arms 24 and26 at this secondstage of separation will engage the main body 12 of thesun visor and frictionally hold the shield to the sun visor as adownward extension thereof.

FIG. 3 further shows the intermediate portions 24c and 260 in the formof a generally horizontal shoulder, with part of the portion 26c alsoforming the top wall of the groove defined by the walls 30. It will benoted in this construction that by squeezing the arms 24 and 26 towardseach other, the groove formed by the walls 30 will tend toopen, thusaiding in the insertion of the body 20 of the shield into the groove,and that the groove will tend to close to its original position when thepressure isreleased, thus tending to hold the body of the shield in thegroove. Further, whenforceis-exercised to separatethe arms, as when theclip is placed over the lower portion of the sun visor,'the groove willtend to close, thus morefirmly holding-thebody of the shield in thegroove. By extending the shoulder outwards, raised portions 32 and 34are formed on the outer surface of the arms 24 and 26 in a convenientplace for gripping the clip device and at a location near enough thejuncture of the arms 24 and "26 with the connecting member 28 so thatwhen the shield is grasped at suchraised portions in attaching theshield to, or removing if from, the sun visor impedingresistance theretowill not be created by the arms pinching the sun visor.

The glare shield 18 is fitted snugly up against the body 12 of the sunvisor with the connecting member 28 pressingfirmly against the loweredge 17 of the sun visor, as shown in FlGS. 2, 4, 5 and'6. The paralleldotted lines 36-36 and 38-38" represent, respectively, the level of thelower edge 17 of the sun visor and the level of the bottom oftheconnectingv member 28 and attached arms 24 and 26. The distance 40between the parallel dotted-lines 36-36 and 38- 38' represents theextent of the downward protrusion of the clip device 22 below the loweredge 17 of the sun visor. The construction of the present invention, bypermitting the clip device to be made separately from, and consequentlyof stronger material than,'the body of the shield makes it possible toreduce the downward protrusion 40so as to be minimal, in which conditionthe images of the downward protruding portion of the clip device 22, asseen by each eye of the operator, are minimal and not objectionablydistracting/Were the distance 40 to exceed about 0.100 inches the imageswould be apt to be objectionably distracting. The less the distance 40,the less thedistraction.

This invention usefully advances the art in that it provides a way toconstructa glare shield with a clip device having a minimal downwardprotrusion below the lower edge of the sun visor, and makes possible theuse of previously manufactured high quality plastic sheet material forthe body of the shield in a method of manufacture suitable forcommercial production.

lclaim: I

1. For use in combination with a vehicle sun visor and a glare shield, aclip device to attach the glare shield and the visor together-inoperative position, said visor being disposed substantially verticallyand having a transversely extending substantially horizontal lower edge,and said glare shield comprising a body of glare reducing sheetmaterial, said clip device having in combination:

l. opposing arms fitting over and the body of the sun visor, I

2. a connecting member between the lower ends of said arms, to whichmember the arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid, and

3. walls forming a channel extending transversely across the width ofone of such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving andholding the body of the shield as a downward extension of thefrictionally gripping sun visor, one of said wallsbeing formed as anouter surface of the lower end portion of said one arm adjacent thejuncture thereof with said connecting member, and the other wall beingintegral with said one arm whereby said walls tend'to close upon'eachother to grip the glare shield when said arms are spread apart and viceversa.

2. For use in combination with a vehicle sun visor and a glare shield,.aclip'device to attach the glare shield and sunvisor together inoperative position, said sun visor being disposed substantiallyvertically and having a transversely extending substantially horizontallower edge,and-said glare'shield comprising a body of glarereducingsheet material, said clip device having in combination:

Lopposing arms fitting over and receiving the body of'the sun visortherebetween,

2. a connecting member between the lower ends of said arms, to whichmember the arms'are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid, and

3. walls forming a channel extending transversely across the width ofone of such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving andholding the body of the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor,the opposing arms having upper free end portions engaging andfrictionally gripping the body of the sun visor and lower end portionsspaced apart more narrowly than such upper free end portions, such lowerend portions fitting over the lower edge portion of the sun visor andstabilizing the clip device with respect to the sun visor.

3. In combination with a vehicle sun visor, disposed substantiallyvertically and having a transversely extending substantially horizontallower edge, a glare shield comprising a body of glare reducing sheetmaterial and a clip device having in combination:

1. opposing arms fitting over and frictionally gripping the body of thesun visor,

2. a connecting member between the lower end of each arm, to whichmember the arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid, and

3. walls forming a channel extending transversely across the width ofone of such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving andholding the body of the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor,the opposing arms having a first stage of separation at their lowerends, the arms at this stage of separation together with the connectingmember forming a groove fitting over the bead at the lower edge of thesun visor and locating the shield in a vertical position, and a secondstage of separation above such first stage of separation connected tosuch first stage of separation by an intermediate portion of said arms,the opposing arms at such second stage of separation engaging andfrictionally gripping the sun visor, the intermediate portion of theopposing arms connecting the first stage of separation of said arms withthe second stage of separation of said arms being a substantiallyhorizontal shoulder.

4. A glare shield constructed according to claim 3 wherein a portion ofsaid shoulder extends outwardly to form a raised ridge for gripping theclip device.

5. In combination with a vehicle sun visor, disposed substantiallyvertically and having a transversely extending substantially horizontallower edge, a glare shield comprising a body of glare reducing sheetmaterial and a clip device having in combination:

1 opposing arms fitting over and frictionally gripping the body of thesun visor, r 2. a connecting member between the lower end of each arm,to which member the arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid,and 3. walls forming a channel extending transversely across the widthof one of such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving andholding the body of the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor,the opposing armshaving a first stage of separation at their lower ends,the arms at this stage of separation together with the connecting memberforming a groove fitting over the bead at the lower edge of the sunvisor and locating the shield in a vertical position, and a second stageof separation above such first stage of separation connected to suchfirst stage of separation by an 2 intermediate portion of said arms, theopposing arms at such second stage of separation engaging andfrictionally gripping the sun visor, and each of said arms having araised ridge on its outer surface for gripping said clip device toengage and disengage same with said visor.

6. In combination with a vehicle sun visor having an opaque bodydisposed substantially vertically so as to present a transverselyextending substantially horizontal lower edge portion:

a glare shield comprising a body of transparent, glare reducing materialhaving an upper marginal edge portion for disposition in overlappingrelation to the lower edge portion of said sun visor so as to form adownward extension of the sun visor; and

a clip device for holding and maintaining said glare shield in suchoverlapping position with respect to the sun visor, said clip devicecomprising a pair of opposed arms straddling said body of the sun visorand having upper free end portions spaced apart to engage andfrictionally grip the body of said sun visor therebetween, a bightportion joining the lower ends of said arms and having an inner wallsurface conforming generally with and receiving the lower edge portionof said sun visor thereby to stabilize the clip device with respect tothe sun visor, and means for securing said upper edge portion of theglare shield to said clip device, each of said arms having a raisedridge on its outer surface for gripping said clip device to engage anddisengage same with said sun visor.

7. The assemblyfas' defined in claim 6 wherein each raised ridge issubstantially horizontal and is disposed in the region of said bight.

8. The assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein said means for securingthe upper edge portion of the glare shield to the clip device compriseswalls forming a downwardly facing channel extending transversely acrossthe outer surface of one of such arms, such channel receiving the uppermarginal edge of the glare shield and maintaining it in the aforesaidposition with respect to said sun visor.

9. In combination with a vehicle sun visor having an opaque bodydisposed substantially vertically so as to present a transverselyextending substantially horizon- 0 tal lower edge portion a glare shieldcompi'ising a body of transparent glare reducing material having anupper marginal edge portion for disposition in overlapping relation tothe lower edge portion of said sun visor so as to form a downwardextension of the sun visor; and

a clip device for holding and maintaining said glare shield in suchoverlapping position with respect to the sun visor, said clip devicecomprising a pair of opposed armsstraddling said body of the sun visorand having upper free end portions spaced apart to engage andfrictionally grip the body of said sun visor therebetween, a bightportion joining the lower ends of said arms so as to be spaced apartmore narrowly than such upper free end portions, said bight portionconforming generally with and receiving the lower edge portion of saidsun visor thereby to stabilize the clip device with respect thereto,said bight portion having an external wall surface overlapping saidlower edge portion of said sun visor and extending substantiallyparallel with said upper free end portions of the arms, and said clipdevice including a further wall parallel with said wall surface anddefining a downwardly facing channel therewith receiving said uppermarginal edge of the glare shield and maintaining it in the aforesaidposition with respect to said sun visor.

1. For use in combination with a vehicle sun visor and a glare shield, aclip device to attach the glare shield and the visor together inoperative position, said visor being disposed substantially verticallyand having a transversely extending substantially horizontal lower edge,and said glare shield comprising a body of glare reducing sheetmaterial, said clip device having in combination:
 1. opposing armsfitting over and frictionally gripping the body of the sun visor,
 2. aconnecting member between the lower ends of said arms, to which memberthe arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid, and
 3. wallsforming a channel extending transversely across the width of one of sucharms with its opening facing downward and receiving and holding the bodyof the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor, one of saidwalls being formed as an outer surface of the lower end portion of saidone arm adjacent the juncture thereof with said connecting member, andthe other wall being integral with said one arm whereby said walls tendto close upon each other to grip the glare shield when said arms arespread apart and vice versa.
 2. a connecting member between the lowerends of said arms, to which member the arms are joined and held inopposition as aforesaid, and
 2. a connecting member between the lowerend of each arm, to which member the arms are joined and held inopposition as aforesaid, and
 2. For use in combination with a vehiclesun visor and a glare shield, a clip device to attach the glare shieldand sun visor together in operative position, said sun visor beingdisposed substantially vertically and having a transversely extendingsubstantially horizontal lower edge, and said glare shield comprising abody of glare reducing sheet material, said clip device having incombination:
 2. a connecting member between the lower ends of said arms,to which member the arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid,and
 2. a connecting member between the lower end of each arm, to whichmember the arms are joined and held in opposition as aforesaid, and 3.walls forming a channel extending Transversely across the width of oneof such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving and holdingthe body of the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor, theopposing arms having a first stage of separation at their lower ends,the arms at this stage of separation together with the connecting memberforming a groove fitting over the bead at the lower edge of the sunvisor and locating the shield in a vertical position, and a second stageof separation above such first stage of separation connected to suchfirst stage of separation by an intermediate portion of said arms, theopposing arms at such second stage of separation engaging andfrictionally gripping the sun visor, the intermediate portion of theopposing arms connecting the first stage of separation of said arms withthe second stage of separation of said arms being a substantiallyhorizontal shoulder.
 3. walls forming a channel extending transverselyacross the width of one of such arms with its opening facing downwardand receiving and holding the body of the shield as a downward extensionof the sun visor, the opposing arms having upper free end portionsengaging and frictionally gripping the body of the sun visor and lowerend portions spaced apart more narrowly than such upper free endportions, such lower end portions fitting over the lower edge portion ofthe sun visor and stabilizing the clip device with respect to the sunvisor.
 3. In combination with a vehicle sun visor, disposedsubstantially vertically and having a transversely extendingsubstantially horizontal lower edge, a glare shield comprising a body ofglare reducing sheet material and a clip device having in combination:3. walls forming a channel extending transversely across the width ofone of such arms with its opening facing downward and receiving andholding the body of the shield as a downward extension of the sun visor,the opposing arms having a first stage of separation at their lowerends, the arms at this stage of separation together with the connectingmember forming a groove fitting over the bead at the lower edge of thesun visor and locating the shield in a vertical position, and a secondstage of separation above such first stage of separation connected tosuch first stage of separation by an intermediate portion of said arms,the opposing arms at such second stage of separation engaging andfrictionally gripping the sun visor, and each of said arms having araised ridge on its outer surface for gripping said clip device toengage and disengage same with said visor.
 3. walls forming a channelextending transversely across the width of one of such arms with itsopening facing downward and receiving and holding the body of the shieldas a downward extension of the sun visor, one of said walls being formedas an outer surface of the lower end portion of said one arm adjacentthe juncture thereof with said connecting member, and the other wallbeing integral with said one arm whereby said walls tend to close uponeach other to grip the glare shield when said arms are spread apart andvice versa.
 4. A glare shield constructed according to claim 3 wherein aportion of said shoulder extends outwardly to form a raised ridge forgripping the clip device.
 5. In combination with a vehicle sun visor,disposed substantially vertically and having a transversely extendingsubstantially horizontal lower edge, a glare shield comprising a body ofglare reducing sheet material and a clip device having in combination:6. In combination with a vehicle sun visor having an opaque bodydisposed substantially vertically so as to present a transverselyextending substantially horizontal lower edge portion: a glare shieldcomprising a body of transparent, glare reducing material having anupper marginal edge portion for disposition in overlapping relation tothe lower edge portion of said sun visor so as to form a downwardextension of the sun visor; and a clip device for holding andmaintaining said glare shield in such overlapping position with respectto the sun visor, said clip device comprising a pair of opposed armsstraddling said body of the sun visor and having upper free end portionsspaced apart to engage and frictionally grip the body of said sun visortherebetween, a bight portion joining the lower ends of said arms andhaving an inner wall surface conforming generally with and receiving thelower edge portion of said sun visor thereby to stabilize the clipdevice with respect to the sun visor, and means for securing said upperedge portion of the glare shield to said clip device, each of said armshaving a raised ridge on its outer surface for gripping said clip deviceto engage and disengage same with said sun visor.
 7. The assembly asdefined in claim 6 wherein each raised ridge is substantially horizontaland is disposed in the region of said bight.
 8. The assembly as definedin claim 6 wherein said means for securing the upper edge portion of theglare shield to the clip device comprises walls forming a downwardlyfacing channel extending transversely across the Outer surface of one ofsuch arms, such channel receiving the upper marginal edge of the glareshield and maintaining it in the aforesaid position with respect to saidsun visor.
 9. In combination with a vehicle sun visor having an opaquebody disposed substantially vertically so as to present a transverselyextending substantially horizontal lower edge portion; a glare shieldcomprising a body of transparent glare reducing material having an uppermarginal edge portion for disposition in overlapping relation to thelower edge portion of said sun visor so as to form a downward extensionof the sun visor; and a clip device for holding and maintaining saidglare shield in such overlapping position with respect to the sun visor,said clip device comprising a pair of opposed arms straddling said bodyof the sun visor and having upper free end portions spaced apart toengage and frictionally grip the body of said sun visor therebetween, abight portion joining the lower ends of said arms so as to be spacedapart more narrowly than such upper free end portions, said bightportion conforming generally with and receiving the lower edge portionof said sun visor thereby to stabilize the clip device with respectthereto, said bight portion having an external wall surface overlappingsaid lower edge portion of said sun visor and extending substantiallyparallel with said upper free end portions of the arms, and said clipdevice including a further wall parallel with said wall surface anddefining a downwardly facing channel therewith receiving said uppermarginal edge of the glare shield and maintaining it in the aforesaidposition with respect to said sun visor.